Sailing North in the Irish Sea

This was a sea day on our way to the Faroe Islands. More about the Faroes tomorrow after we tour about there.

The day started with a special edition of Good Morning Maasdam by having 4 half hour sessions with key officers from the ship. It was done in a question and answer format. As one would expect with such a mix of passengers, there were some good questions and some not so good ie people complaining about something or other.


The top picture here shows the top 5 officers from the ship and the second picture shows the senior officers from the Hotel Dept. It covered the full range of ship operations and was generally informative. The officers were of course polite when faced with some strange questions.

After this set of sessions I saw Deen standing by the entrance so went over to her. There was a clothing sale today on the Lido Deck and she bought me a T-shirt (like I really needed another T) and herself a nice sweat shirt. It was a real surprise that she bought me a T.

Deen went to a cooking demo then a hands on cooking class. I'm looking forward to trying out some of these recipes after we get home. I went to a special lunch organized for the Roll Call members of Cruise Critics. Interesting discussion with US table companions about politics and health care, 2 verboten subjects Deen and I had agreed upon at the start of the cruise. When I showed everyone the Tim Hortons sign picture from the day before ,one of the people from Long Island actually knew who Tim Horton was.

After lunch there was an interesting speaker about the Vikings then the travel guide talked about the upcoming ports. The Vikings first rose to fame on
June 8,793 AD when they attacked that portion of England now known as Newcastle. They ventured quite far by going in to Europe and Russia and of course west to Iceland,Greenland , then Newfoundland. The end of the Viking period is believed to have started in 1066 when the English defeated the Vikings at Stamford Bridge. The English army then went south to face William the Conquerer later that year.

Tonight for dinner is was another formal night so once again we dressed up. Some of you can imagine how thrilled I am do that. Anyway it was also Black and White Dinner Night and the main dining room was appropriately decorated. Later this evening the ship's officers will be dancing with passengers in the Crows Nest. So imagine the scene - here I am back in the room writing this blog while Deen is in the Ocean Bar with Dianne from West Van (I call her Lady Di) then later they'll head upstairs. Dancing with the Captain or the Chief Officer is not high on my list of things to do.



So Tuesday we will be in Torshavn in the Faroe Islands. Should be interesting as we are on a private tour with 2 other couples.

Location:West of the Shetland Islands